Re:June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem
by throwaway316943 on Monday August 24, 2020 @05:44AM
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You should look up how the idea of “towers in a park” actually played out when implemented. It’s not a new concept.
Re:June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem
by 082349872349872 on Monday August 24, 2020 @08:19AM
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Maybe the boosters of "towers in a park" should have taken a page from the legend of Parmentier, and made them exclusive things one couldn't get an apartment in without knowing someone who knew someone, or at least paying a massive "finder's fee" to some agency?
(Parmentier lived at a time before the pommes frites, when only pigs, prisoners, and people in poor faraway countries ate potatoes. The story goes that he set up a fancy potato field, complete with armed guards, but because they weren't guarded at night, the same people who earlier wouldn't dare eat a potato came to steal them under cover of darkness to grow themselves.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine-Augustin_Parmentier#Po...
Caveat: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Parmentier says it's fake news. Parmentier really did wish to guard his research patches.
Re:June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem
by stallmanite on Monday August 24, 2020 @07:22AM
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Cabrini Green definitely comes to mind.
I think these might work in Detroit. The city has lots of vacant land. These towers are wider at the bottom. Why not have shops and offices on the lower floors? The upper floors would offer great views of the Detroit river into Windsor or out to the suburbs. By staggering the rows everyone would have a great view.
You'd be within walking distance of shops in the other towers, it would be village-like with a lot of green space. In effect you'd have a set of towers in the middle of a park.